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   <H1>[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout</H1>
    <B>Anssi Hannula</B> 
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    <I>Fri Dec 10 12:55:01 CET 2010</I>
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<PRE>Just some smallish notes regarding other distros..

On 10.12.2010 12:22, andre999 wrote:
&gt;<i> Debian uses the same names main, contrib, non-free, with explicit policy
</I>&gt;<i> close to Mandriva practices.
</I>&gt;<i> In the same policy page, they say that patent-contrained software goes
</I>&gt;<i> into non-free, then further down they say that it can be excluded.
</I>&gt;<i> <A HREF="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html">http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html</A>
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Interesting.. this doesn't seem to correspond to reality (they have e.g.
ffmpeg with patent-constrained codecs enabled).

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&gt;<i> Fedora package acceptance policy is explicitly dictated by RedHat.
</I>&gt;<i> Includes only free packages (thus excluding redistributable drivers),
</I>&gt;<i> plus excludes legally constrained packages.
</I>&gt;<i> Fedora is the only distro reviewed here which does not accept non-free
</I>&gt;<i> packages.
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They allow non-free firmware:
<A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/LicensingGuidelines#Binary_Firmware">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/LicensingGuidelines#Binary_Firmware</A>

&gt;<i> However, given that RedHat sells their versions of Linux (with support),
</I>&gt;<i> one could question the motivation of the Fedora policy.
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Anssi Hannula
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